Step Back In Time With These Vintage Holiday Shopping Ads Kate Wietor November 26, 2021 The tree at Market Plaza has been lit and the annual Christmas parade has been had - Wheeling’s holiday season is officially underway. If you haven’t already begun hunting for those perfect gifts, now might be ...
Why Were People Selling Their Ashes in 1808? Kate Wietor November 12, 2021 I’ve been spending a lot of time combing through Wheeling’s first newspaper, the Wheeling Repository. While looking for something else entirely, this headline caught my eye: Ashes Wanted. Ashes you say? Why ...
These Vintage Dance Cards Provide a Glimpse Into Wheeling’s Social Scene in the Late-1800s Kate Wietor November 5, 2021 What was your 18th birthday like? Maybe it was a mad dash to the convenience store for lottery tickets. Perhaps for those of you who hit this milestone in the 1970s, it meant buying your first beer. Wh...
Why Were Victorian Wheelingites So Disappointed by This Famous Ghost? Kate Wietor October 27, 2021 Unless you were living under a rock in 1862, you were aware of the ghost that was haunting theatres far and wide. Although this wasn’t quite a “Phantom of the Opera '' situation - this ghost was the cutting edg...
